# Electricity Act 1989, Paragraph 4

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Any of the following who is authorised by or under any enactment to execute works corresponding to those authorised by paragraph 1 or 2 above, namely—
(a) any public gas transporter;
(b) the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, any water undertaker or any sewerage undertaker or, in Scotland, any person supplying water in the exercise of statutory powers;
(c) any electronic communications code operator or any former PTO; and
(d) any operator of a driver information system who is licensed under Part II of the Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989,
(in this paragraph referred to as a “relevant undertaker”) may execute such works, notwithstanding that they involve a temporary or permanent alteration of any electric line or electrical plant under the control of a licence holder.
(2) Where a relevant undertaker is proposing to execute any such works as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above which involve or are likely to involve any such alteration as is there mentioned, sub-paragraphs (3) to (9) of paragraph 3 above shall apply as if—
(a) any reference to the licence holder were a reference to the relevant undertaker; and
(b) any reference to the relevant undertaker were a reference to the licence holder.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/4/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-act-1989/schedule-4/paragraph-4
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